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So for anyone who expects wifely or mother and daughter art works --- the unobjectionable and unoffensive art that showcases the conservative and common views of a woman's role in the society --- think again! This is not what the “Feminisn and Art at the Woman's Building” is all about. It is about the revolution of the “weaker sex” --- stripped-down and raw. Naked female form is common, which is definitely a metaphor for letting everyone aware of the existence and reality of the female gender.
For those who attended the exhibition's publication launch and opening reception, it is obvious that it garnered the attention of artists who are considered founders of the feminist artists movement. The exhibition promotes correcting the imbalances when it comes to gender views, as well as encourages equal and impartial conversations and participation of people even from among the most opposing of perspectives. This exhibition provides the much-needed space for women's art, something that has been denied from the society for the past decades Last October 15 and 16, Otis College of Art and Design produced “Still Doin' It: Fanning the Flames of the Woman's Building” to complement the celebrated exhibition. . This exhibition is about the celebration of the female gender, not the debauchery of “HER.
” Lili Lakich’s Vacancy/No Vacancy, 1972, shown in the “Doin’ It in Public: Feminism and Art at the Woman’s Building” exhibition at Otis College of Art and Design. I don't think anyone should miss this exhibition. You can still check the schedule and ticket information at: http://www.otis.edu/public_programs/ben_maltz_gallery/wb_tickets.html. Voss, K.W. "Forgotten Feminist: Women's Page Editor Maggie Savoy and the Growth of Women's Liberation Awareness in Los Angeles." California History. 86.2 (2008): 48-64. Print. 2.
Crosscurrents: From the Birth of L.A. Visual Arts Up to 3.5 Decades Later Doesn't it seem like foolishness to account the visual arts scene of the Southern California region from after the WWII until 35 years later? But the Getty Foundation dared to challenge this idea. Come to think of it, it's not really just out of mere folly. The region can boast of a vast resource of suited subjects for such exhibition. Despite the region's association with the international art scene, it has maintained a flavor of its own --- that provincial or local taste that makes it different from “accumulated” art.
And if you're thinking that L.A. is the only region participating in this, then you're mistaken. Artists from as north as Santa Barbara, to as east as Riverside, Claremont, or Pasadena, and as south as San Diego have their own input in this exhibition. But yes, Los Angeles artists really take up much of the limelight here. But just blame it on their population density. The exhibition seems to be a little archival. Art that we think are already endangered into
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